1+ week, 1+ day ago  (854+ words) TUMWATER – Opponents of Washington’s new income tax on high earners turned in more than 500,000 signatures Thursday for an initiative to repeal the levy, nearly double the amount needed to secure a spot on the November ballot. Let’s Go Washington, the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (246+ words) Growing up, I was a straight-A student. My classmate, John, who fell solidly in the B and C range, frequently sneered that I was merely “book smart.” He, however, had “common sense,” and even though he never could articulate what…...